feijão-da-espanha vs fava

Phaseolus coccineus compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• feijão-da-espanha is Not Evaluated while fava is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	feijão-da-espanha	fava
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family same	Fabaceae	Fabaceae
Genus same	Phaseolus	Phaseolus
Species	Phaseolus coccineus	Phaseolus lunatus

Evolutionary Relationship

feijão-da-espanha and fava share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Phaseolus.

Conservation Status

feijão-da-espanha

NE — Not Evaluated

fava

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	feijão-da-espanha	fava
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

feijão-da-espanha

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

fava

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States